Cavs 2023-24

tom 48 said:
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Cavaliers' Emoni Bates Puts On Show vs. Bronny James In G League Game

Cleveland Cavaliers' Emoni Bates scores a season-high 30 points against the Los Angeles Lakers' G League team.
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I hope he's grown up. I remember when he came to Akron with Eastern Michigan to play the Zips. The Zips student section got completely in his head. He had an awful game and spent the waning moments at the end of the bench with a towel over his head, not even getting up for time outs. A member of his family went to the student section and confronted them at half. A bad showing all around.

You'd have to be discouraged as a Charge player as even a superstar like Ty Jerome can't get many minutes on the parent team.
 
Going to breeze thru a west trip too. Ok then. I would have gone tonight since I'm out in LA, but the Lakers prices are truly absurd
 
cjb5656 said:
I’m no longer a big NBA regular season guy as for using it as a measuring stick, because the NBA is truly about the playoff grind, but I do watch a lot of the Cavs games for entertainment and to see how I think they might do in the postseason. I’ll reserve judgment until I see what this team does when the league picks up after the all star break and gears toward playoff mode, but it’s hard not to be encouraged by Atkinson’s usage of the roster and playing to the strengths of the roster as opposed to making it play to the coach’s preference. The strength of this group has always been scoring. JB wanted them to be a defensive force, which retarded the advantage these guys had. Atkinson wants basic D, but he also is going to pressure opponents by making them keep up with the Cavs scoring. That’s smart coaching. Do what you do best and make the other team chase you.
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Still a top ten defense while leading the league in offense. That's how you win 29 out of 33.
 
I heard a national radio guy parrot my thoughts about the Cavs this season. Absolutely loving it now, but need to see it continue after the all-star break when effort and intensity ramp up league-wide until the playoffs, where then the intensity really ramps up. Their greatest fear, which is mine too, is can the Cavs style work in the playoffs, or will teams like the Celtics physically punish them if the refs are letting them bang?
 
y2h said:
Still a top ten defense while leading the league in offense. That's how you win 29 out of 33.
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Yes. They give up points because they play fast and expect to outscore you, but when they need to lock it down in the half court, they can. Mobley and Allen are great rim protectors, and the perimeter guys really get after it.
 
cjb5656 said:
I heard a national radio guy parrot my thoughts about the Cavs this season. Absolutely loving it now, but need to see it continue after the all-star break when effort and intensity ramp up league-wide until the playoffs, where then the intensity really ramps up. Their greatest fear, which is mine too, is can the Cavs style work in the playoffs, or will teams like the Celtics physically punish them if the refs are letting them bang?
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I've heard countless radio and tv critics say that the Cavs wilted in the playoffs last year. What they neglect to mention is that there is one critical element missing - JB Bickerstaff and his style of basketball.
 
Remember the guys who wanted Mobley gone? Said he would never develop offensively? I remember them. Where have they gone?

Almost like they were never Cavs fans to begin with...
 
wolves82 said:
Remember the guys who wanted Mobley gone? Said he would never develop offensively? I remember them. Where have they gone?

Almost like they were never Cavs fans to begin with...
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Yeah, those guys were crazy. Everyone could see the potential in Mobley, except those guys. Meanwhile, Mobley is just at the beginning of what will be superstar years as he takes it up another level.

Said it before and I’ll say it again. Mobley and Mitchell are the cornerstone players. There are some other very nice pieces, but everyone else is expendable if the right deal presents itself. Mobley and Mitchell, however, are untouchable.
 
I hope the Jan. 8 game with the Thunder will be on national TV. Out here in Arizona I very rarely see the Cavs in action despite their record. The game with the Thunder will be a match between teams with the best records in their respective conferences.
 
wolves82 said:
Remember the guys who wanted Mobley gone? Said he would never develop offensively? I remember them. Where have they gone?

Almost like they were never Cavs fans to begin with...
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I am one of them … still here … already admitted I was wrong … but I was right about Allen & Garland … more on here wanted them gone
 
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